Casting and locations list.

Casting:

Band:  For my band, I am aiming to have musicians playing their own instruments within the band. For example, I will have actual guitarists playing the lead and rhythm guitar roles. Doing this will help to create a more realistic performance effect when showing close ups of the members, as they will actually be playing their parts and instruments, rather than miming their playing and possibly not looking realistic. 
Each member of the band I have arranged play the instruments / role they have been assigned to in real life. The only member of the band who does not play their instrument in real life is the singer, Jake. However, Jake is also a drama student at the School, so I feel that he can be a good person to use as a singer as he could be effective at lip syncing with the song lyrics.

- Singer (Also in narrative.) - Jake Taff

- Bassist - Austin Backhouse 

-Drummer - Wesley Duffy 

-Lead guitarist - Winston Alla

-Rhythm guitarist - James England 

Narrative: 

- Female character (Jane) -
- Male character (Also the singer) - Jake Taff

I am making sure that the singer of the band will also be the lead male character within the narrative to help show that the lyrics are relating to the singer and his own experience / he is singing in first person. This will lead to moments where there is also performance within the narrative clips, where the singer appears to be talking to the lead female character. 

Locations: 

The setting that I plan to use will need to fit well with the style of song I am making the video for. This will mean that darker and more eerie environments are likely to be used throughout.

I have chosen to use the School gym for my band performance scenes, this gives me a wide open space that allows me to spread out or condense the band evenly if I want to. The gym is also pale and limited in colour, so I feel it will be useful for me video, where I plan to have fairly de-saturated colours throughout.

I have then chosen to use the woods near to the School for my narrative based scenes, as the woods contains dense areas full of trees, as well as spacious areas that will allow to film establishing shots as well as more distant shots from my characters. The wooded area can also help me to create an eerie setting within my video, as I mentioned before I want to achieve this.



Below are some photos of areas that I plan to use in the woods for my narrative shots. These different areas vary in openness and space available, and I plan to use each location below for different parts of my video.
The first photo shows a long path way, enclosed by trees to the left and right sides. This is an area I am looking to use within one of the very first few narrative shots. However, this may change depending on if I feel a different location would be better for my opening / establishing shot.